*dunno how to calculate fc, so just by engine vol. and neglet the fuel burn efficiency.
*max power and pickup is related to mass, more heavy, no power and pickup!!
*mass score is for stability.
*safety according to item installed only, the car body structure negleted coz dunno how (by crash test rating ??)
*total, the higher the better the car
*price, for affordable luxury thing ignored
*idealism, worth for $$ or not

this is my survey, any comment??
correct me if anything wrong._________________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

i do it on my own consideration.
coz i wanna buy a car with the specified spec on top of the scoring system.

for safety...
if a car have ABS with EBD, plus 1 SCORE.
so accent have only 0.5 for PCV.
if a car have ARS dual airbag, plus another 1 SCORE.
1 SCORE for immobilizer.

so a total of 3 scores.

the side impact bar i ignore it due to insufficient data from other cars.

i do consider the price...
the total higher means the better the car.
in term of power, pickup, safety accent still lose to city i-dsl.
but after i divide the total point with the price... accent win! so it is the most ideal car for me. cheap, nope, i mean worth for my money(so the idealism will tell this).
note that the score for price is retail price divide by 10000. so, for accent, price = 6.5.

i have the whole analisys in ms-excel file, but don't know how to put in this forum, so just write out without a good order._________________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A lot of car have to strip down their items even the metal plates in order to reduce weight (cerb weight) and FC (lighter the car lesser FC).

Look at Toyota Avanza, the internal parts like seat etc, they had to use lighter material and slightly cheaper goods. That is why a 1.3cc vehicle is able to move a vehicle that big. If the same engine inside the Uncer, FC is damn high.

The heavier the vehicle, the more Fuel needed to move the vehicle._________________Best RIDE Ever! Its always with Hyundai.

Weight Class - Statistics show that if two vehicles with the same NHTSA full frontal rating crash into each other head on, but one vehicle weighs twice as much as the other, the occupants of the lighter one (2000 lbs / 909 kgs) are eight times more likely to be killed than the occupants of the heavier vehicle (4000 lbs / 1818 kgs). However, vehicle weight offers no safety advantage or disadvantage in single-vehicle crashes.

Keep in mind that crash test results shouldn't be compared among vehicles with large weight differences (more than 15%), so we have divided the vehicles into 5 distinct weight categories.

The weight we use is the specific weight of the vehicle used in the test that was conducted. Very often a differently optioned vehicle will weigh 10% more or less than the weight we've assigned to it. Please re-adjust the weight class category to meet the exact weight of your vehicle. Different engine, transmission, and accessory option packages can make a big difference. The weight class rating for a any given model is not set in stone.

Good posting. But notice the last line "Please re-adjust the weight class category to meet the exact weight of your vehicle. Different engine, transmission, and accessory option packages can make a big difference. So weight is one of the factors we have to take into consideration.
The topic is very wide,best we understand one thing, more ppl and weight put into a vehicle, the higher the force needed to stop.

chankarchun wrote:

Weight Class - Statistics show that if two vehicles with the same NHTSA full frontal rating crash into each other head on, but one vehicle weighs twice as much as the other, the occupants of the lighter one (2000 lbs / 909 kgs) are eight times more likely to be killed than the occupants of the heavier vehicle (4000 lbs / 1818 kgs). However, vehicle weight offers no safety advantage or disadvantage in single-vehicle crashes.

Keep in mind that crash test results shouldn't be compared among vehicles with large weight differences (more than 15%), so we have divided the vehicles into 5 distinct weight categories.

The weight we use is the specific weight of the vehicle used in the test that was conducted. Very often a differently optioned vehicle will weigh 10% more or less than the weight we've **** to it. Please re-adjust the weight class category to meet the exact weight of your vehicle. Different engine, transmission, and accessory option packages can make a big difference. The weight class rating for a any given model is not set in stone.

Heavy vehicle does not mean better handling too. F1 cars are made light but low. There are many factors to take into consideration.

this point i agree with u.
but if u know sth call momentum then u know what is my story la...

heavier means tougher, steady ride, ....

marky wrote:

Good posting. But notice the last line "Please re-adjust the weight class category to meet the exact weight of your vehicle. Different engine, transmission, and accessory option packages can make a big difference. So weight is one of the factors we have to take into consideration.
The topic is very wide,best we understand one thing, more ppl and weight put into a vehicle, the higher the force needed to stop.

yup! this is wat we call inertial.
when heavy vehicle crashed on a light one, the light one is actually 8 times more danger than the heavy one. This is momentum. (m1v1=m2v2)

the impact, we consider only the speed...
so the speed of vehicle 2 must be at least twice of vehicle 1, then in the crash, vec 2 won't fly away.
if the speed of v2 more than twice of v1, vehicle 1 will only move a bit which is due to the force from vehicle 1 and its own weight.

just like arnold punch me, i will fly~~~~ _________________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

when i suddenly press the pedal hard, it rev very high, and noisy, but in real life (3 yrs back, so this is the 1st time i drive for these 3 yrs) i drove gently with my parents old civic.
the suspension is solid, i dun think it will hit bumps when we get over it.
handling is good, when i drove around 100 kmh and skipping in and out between lanes.
the semi leather seats are a little bit hard, may be it's for me only, coz i like soft one.
rpm only minor different with OD on/off. about 900 rpm. still can safe fuel.
when OD on, the pick up is better when rpm near 3000++.
when rpm less than 2500, pick up less power.

i didn't test for other thing, wat i need to test? some more?_________________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

when i suddenly press the pedal hard, it rev very high, and noisy, but in real life (3 yrs back, so this is the 1st time i drive for these 3 yrs) i drove gently with my parents old civic.
the suspension is solid, i dun think it will hit bumps when we get over it.
handling is good, when i drove around 100 kmh and skipping in and out between lanes.
the semi leather seats are a little bit hard, may be it's for me only, coz i like soft one.
rpm only minor different with OD on/off. about 900 rpm. still can safe fuel.
when OD on, the pick up is better when rpm near 3000++.
when rpm less than 2500, pick up less power.

i didn't test for other thing, wat i need to test? some more?

just test drive the car ? Testing the power of the car when climbing up & down....I decided to buy accent because of this testing _________________Hyundai Accent Club of Malaysia www.myaccentclub.com動力強勁兼有力!

when i suddenly press the pedal hard, it rev very high, and noisy, but in real life (3 yrs back, so this is the 1st time i drive for these 3 yrs) i drove gently with my parents old civic.
the suspension is solid, i dun think it will hit bumps when we get over it.
handling is good, when i drove around 100 kmh and skipping in and out between lanes.
the semi leather seats are a little bit hard, may be it's for me only, coz i like soft one.
rpm only minor different with OD on/off. about 900 rpm. still can safe fuel.
when OD on, the pick up is better when rpm near 3000++.
when rpm less than 2500, pick up less power.

i didn't test for other thing, wat i need to test? some more?

just test drive the car ? Testing the power of the car when climbing up & down....I decided to buy accent because of this testing

Yup, that's right. U can feel when those fuzzy logic etc is working. Then try driving a car that dun have that capabilities. U can feel the different._________________Whut the ....